Irish Basketball Association National League Women’s Division 2 1991-1997

IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1991-92

 PWLPts
Drimnagh Dynamos1410420
Snowcream Wexford149518
Brunell149518
Carrick-on-Shannon147714
Eagles [Kildare]147714
Thor Sporting Belfast147714
Keltic146812
Athlone141132

[2]

DateHome Team Away Team 
 
2nd Place Playoff
   
 Snowcream Wexford76Brunell69

[7]

IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1992-93

 PWLPts
Oscar Taylor’s Killester1210220
Carrick-on-Shannon127514
Brunell126612
Sporting Belfast126612
Eagles125710
Keltic125710
Elan Athlone122104

[3]

DateHome Team Away Team 
 
Final
   
 Carrick-on-Shannon57Oscar Taylor’s Killester59

IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1993-94

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[4]

 PWLPts
Snowcream Wexford1413126
Parcelforce Sporting Belfast1411322
Slevin Group Mid Sutton-Baldoyle1411322
Carrick-on-Shannon148616
Silken Thomas Eagles145910
Elan Athlone143116
Dublin Crusaders143116
Dublin Celtic142124
DateHome Team Away Team 
 
2nd Place Playoff
   
 Mid Sutton-Baldoyle71Sporting Belfast63

[8][9]

IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1994-95

 PWLPts
Brunell129330
Atlantic Ballybunnion128428
Eagles126624
Parcelforce Sporting Belfast126624
Athlone1211114

[5]

DateHome Team Away Team 
 
Promotion Playoff
   
 Atlantic Ballybunnion69Oscar Taylor Killester51

[11]

IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1995-96

 PWLPts
Mid Sutton-Baldoyle129330
Athlone128428
Silken Thomas Eagles127526
TNT Killester126624
Sporting Belfast125722
Castleisland124820
Coasters123918

[6]

DateHome Team Away Team 
 
Semi-Finals
   
 Mid Sutton-Baldoyle45Killester44
 Eagles72Athlone55
 
Final
   
 Mid Sutton-Baldoyle74Eagles61

[9]

IBA Women’s NBL Division 2 1996-97

 PWLPts
Buckley Sports Blarney1212036
TNT Killester129330
Firhouse Coasters127526
Sporting Belfast126624
Riverisland Castleisland125722
Silken Thomas Eagles1221016
Atlantic Ballybunnion # (-1)1211113

[10]

DateHome Team Away Team 
 
Semi-Finals
   
     
     
 
Final
   
 Killester79Buckley Sports Blarney75 ot

Report

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The Irish Basketball Association rebranded the Ladies National Basketball League as the Women’s National League in 1991. Division 2 was the Second Tier.

Drimnagh Dynamoes would win the Division in 1991-92 on a 10-4 record, but lose the Final 62-44 to Snowcream Wexford. The following year Killester would top the league on 10-2 and defeat Carrick-on-Shannon, by two points 59-57 in the Final.

Snowcream Wexford would be back in Division 2 after one season in Division 1 and would win the title with 13 wins from 14 matches. The 1994-95 season would see a drop in the number of teams to five as Brunell of Cork  took the title with a 9-3 record. MSB wouuld take the title in 1995-96 with a 9-3 record and defeat Eagles of Kildare 74-61 in the Final.

Following the 1996-97 season which was won by Blarney with an unblemished 12-0 record, though they lost the Final to Killester in Overtime, 79-75, it was decided to merge Divisions 1 & 2 into one Super League, with a Regional League below this.

References

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Articles

[2] (1992) “Citrus Spring League Final standings”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 21. April 1992 pp. 7

[3] (1993) “WOMENS NATIONAL LEAGUE”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 24. April 1993 pp. 15-17

[4] (1994) “Budweiser Superleague Final”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 27. March 1994 pp. 16-17

[5] (1995) “Gateaux Women’s League Final Standing”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 30. March 1995 pp. 30

[6] (1996) “MSB return to top flight”. IBA Official Basketball Magazine. Number 33. April 1996. pp. 29

Sources

[7] (1992) “North Mon plough into stars: DETAIL”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 16, 1992. pp. 3224-25.

[8] (1994) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, February 28, 1994. pp. 26-27.

[9] (1994) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 14, 1994. pp. 24-25.

[10] (1997) “Basketball”. Irish Independent. Monday, March 3, 1997. pp. 28-29.

[11] (1995) “Basketball Reults”. Irish Examiner. Monday, March 13, 1995. pp. 14-15.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ann Hanley, Killester and Ireland National Team.

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Last Updated: 10 February 2019

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